Getting the ducks ready for July 4

The devoted volunteers of the Fallbrook Beautification Alliance (FBA) carefully sorted through 3,000 numbered rubber ducks on June 15 in preparation for the annual “Quack-Up Cup Race,” an annual part of the Grand Tradition Fourth of July event that involves a race across their beautiful heart-shaped lake.

Race chairperson Jackie Edgerton led a team of volunteers, including her neighbors, dubbed the “Canonita Road Gang,” in reorganizing the ducks. Edgerton’s lawn was the site for the organizational effort.

Each year the ducks are launched onto a track constructed on the Grand Tradition lake whe...